Monday, February 24, 2014

All
parts of the banana plant have medicinal value including the banana
flower. The banana flower or vaazhai poo in Tamil, is well known in the
rural parts of South India for its healing action on stomach ulcers.
The banana flower or banana blossom is available throughout the year.
It is used in preparing some tasty and healthy dishes in South India.

Banana Flower for Stomach

The
flower is found to help scanty and painful urination. Soup made of
banana flower is an excellent natural laxative. People suffering from
pain and burning sensation in hands and soles of the feet can benefit
from taking vaazhai poo on a regular basis. Bad breath and sweat odor
can become a thing of past with regular consumption of banana flower.

Stomach
bloating and bilious vomiting can be arrested with consumption of
vaazhai poo. Male infertility can be overcome with regular consumption
of vaazhai poo. Kidney stones can be cleared with vaazhai poo. Burning
sensation in anal area can be cured with consumption of vaazhai poo
thrice or four times a week.

Banana Flower for Women

Banana
flower juice mixed with honey or palm candy benefits white discharge in
women. This should be taken on empty stomach first thing in the
morning. Similarly women with excessive menstrual flow can benefit from
taking banana flower regularly. This helps with painful menstruation
too.

Juice
of vaazhai poo 100 ml taken in the mornings thrice or four times a week
reduces cholesterol levels in blood. this also purifies it.

Banana Flower for Obesity

Obese
people can take a soup made of banana flower. Finely cut banana
flower, ginger, garlic, coriander leaves are boiled together and reduced
to half. A pinch of salt can be added to taste. This is taken four to
five times a week. This is found to be helpful in weight management.

Monday, February 17, 2014

Herbs have been used in religious ceremonies
since time immemorial.Arugampul
(Bermuda grass), vilva, neem, thulasi are some examples.Thulasi or Holy Basil is the prasada given to
devotees in Indian temples.Thulasi
thirtha or holy water infused with thulasi leaves is beneficial to both body and
mind.

Thulasi is a kayakalpa herb.It grows to a height of 75 centimeter to a
meter with small hairy leaves and hairy stem.It has white flowers and small black seeds. Siddha and Ayurveda
medicinal systems make use of thulasi to treat fevers, vomiting, dysentery,
malaria, bronchitis etc.Unani medicinal
system uses thulasi to purify blood, treat heart conditions and cool the body.

Tulsi is used in treating

Ailments
of chest including cough, cold, bronchitis

Fevers
like malaria, pneumonia and influenza

Heart
conditions

Cholera,
dysentery

Migraine

Asthma

Smokers cough

Inflammation of lungs

Blood pressure

Abdominal distention

Liver diseases

Hemorrhoids

Anal
itch

Skin diseases

Leprosy

Head lice

Menstrual disorders

Poisonous bites

Nail infections

Thulasi
for Children

Thulasi or holy basil is known to clear
chest congestion in infants.For this
infants are fed milk mixed with juice of tulsi leaves.This also helps cure indigestion and loose watery
stools in kids.One method to treat
whooping cough in infants - collect mature dry tulsi leaves and flowers, long
pepper and sweetflag in equal quantity by weight.Grind and powder all the three to a fine
consistency.Half a teaspoon of this
preparation is mixed with honey and given twice a day.

Thulasi
for Asthma

Four tulsi leaves and four vilva leaves
along with four peppercorns are taken first thing in the morning on empty
stomach.This is thoroughly chewed and
then swallowed down.This helps ease
labored breathing of asthmatic patients.

Thulasi
for Heart

Juice obtained from thulasi leaves is mixed
with honey of equal quantity.A spoonful
of this is taken in the mornings on empty stomach on a regular basis.This is found to benefit irregular
palpitation and strengthen the heart muscles.

Tulsi
for Lungs

Fresh tulsi leaves are crushed to obtain
25-50 ml of juice.This is added to
ginger juice of same quantity.A
spoonful of this mixture is taken with honey for a month or two depending on
the intensity.This is found to bring
down inflammation of lungs.This relieves
asthma, cough etc.In case of influenza,
a pinch of powdered cloves and salt are added to tulsi steeped water and taken
three times a day.

Tulsi
for Teeth

Tooth cavity and diseases of gums can be
taken care of with the help of thulasi.Press powdered thulasi leaves, powdered cloves and a pinch of camphor on
affected tooth.The same preparation can
also be used as a tooth powder.This
takes care of inflamed gums and removes bad breath.

Thulasi
home remedy for Bloody Hemorrhoids

Juice obtained from crushed thulasi leaves
250 ml is added to kuppaimeni juice of equal quantity.Castor bean oil 250 ml is added to this
mixture and boiled thoroughly to remove the moisture content.50 ml of the resulting oil is taken at night
for a week.This is found to relieve
hemorrhoids.

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